microRNA of the week: microRNA-206

When you consider that microRNAs have now been linked to almost every biological function, how is it possible that the detection of microRNAs had escaped scientists for so long? For example, a single microRNA, miR-206 with functions that range from estrogen regulation to suppression of breast cancer metastasis to regulation of neuromuscular signaling. Amazing!

And another one – this just came in:
Muscle-specific miRNA -206 was found to be a key member of network of miRNAs that help to define the extraocular muscle (EOM) group by regulating post-transcriptional expression of genes in structure, signaling, metabolism, angiogenesis, myogenesis and regeneration in EOM. The EOMs are a unique group of muscles that are anatomically and physiologically distinct from other muscles.